
Sujet
Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish born American inventor, c1880. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish born American inventor, c1880. Bell (1847-1922) produced the first intelligible telephone transmission on 5 June 1875. He patented the device as the telephone in 1876, beating rival inventor Elisha Gray, who had invented his own version, to the US patent office by just 2 hours. Bell, who became a naturalised American in 1874, also invented the phonograph (1880) and the gramophone (1887). From Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1883).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1880
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_416
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,6Mo) / 29,0cm x 43,1cm / 3429 x 5093 (300dpi)